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    Sanity Check - Better cameras, IR Illuminators or tweak Blue Iris?

    Maybe I’m just too picky now. [emoji4]
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    Sanity Check - Better cameras, IR Illuminators or tweak Blue Iris?

    Thanks... Any idea what setting might be causing the pixelation on the video? (Look at my face in the beginning)
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    Sanity Check - Better cameras, IR Illuminators or tweak Blue Iris?

    @fenderman , @bigredfish , @colmcille, and @alastairstevenson thanks for all the tips. @looney2ns thanks for the suggestion on the Dahua. I wanted to follow up this discussion. I finally got the new cameras. This is the Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z that replaced my Hikvision. I like the picture...
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    Prep for new IPC-HDW5231R-Z cameras being delivered today

    Thanks, I'll check it out.
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    Prep for new IPC-HDW5231R-Z cameras being delivered today

    I'll apologize in advance if this is too basic of a question but I'm hoping to get some consolidated help. :) I have two IPC-HDW5231R-Z that are finally going to arrive today. Up until now I've been 100% Hikvision but I'm excited to see the low light performance and capabilities and then...
    • JoshFink
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    • blueiris dahua firmware setup
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    • Forum: Dahua
  6. J

    Who Watches The Watchers?

    I'd like to know how you set up the speed camera. Curious about setting one up myself.
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    Recording continuous but marking where motion occurred?

    Awesome. Thank You for the help.
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    Recording continuous but marking where motion occurred?

    Hi, this might be a silly question but is it possible to record continuous in BI but also mark on the timeline where motion occurred or something similar. I like to record continuous as I've had problems in the past with it not triggering. It's not a huge deal as I have plenty of space to...
    • JoshFink
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    • blue iris capture mark motion trigger
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    • Forum: Customizing
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    Sanity Check - Better cameras, IR Illuminators or tweak Blue Iris?

    Thanks... The police here actually can use the video. I gave them my video from last time and they called me back asking if I had anything clearer (which really pissed me off that I didn't). At least when/if it happens again I'll have a better picture.
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    Sanity Check - Better cameras, IR Illuminators or tweak Blue Iris?

    I really appreciate all the help and everyone's tips. It's definitely coming along. I'm probably going to get to the point where I need balance my want for light and my neighbors want to not be blinded. :) Latest update. New Lights out front. Two 1500 Lumen LED Bulbs. Camera at 120 and 60...
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    Hey, I'm looking for a couple of the Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z. Can you ping me for pricing and...

    Hey, I'm looking for a couple of the Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z. Can you ping me for pricing and shipping? Thanks
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    Sanity Check - Better cameras, IR Illuminators or tweak Blue Iris?

    It's BlueIris, it should be fine as it takes inputs from almost any camera I can find.
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    Sanity Check - Better cameras, IR Illuminators or tweak Blue Iris?

    The light, unfortunately, is not adjustable. It's an LED light where there is no bulb and it's all built in. I might just replace it with two 1500 Lumen LED bulbs that are actually separate bulbs. I'll probably do all this today and post some more tonight. I think I'm going to try and order...
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    Sanity Check - Better cameras, IR Illuminators or tweak Blue Iris?

    Thanks @bigredfish , that's a lot of great info. I do have an additional IR light that I could put up. With my limited testing I didn't find it did much good. Maybe I'm expecting too much or I just need a more powerful light. I purchased the CMVision IR110.
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    Sanity Check - Better cameras, IR Illuminators or tweak Blue Iris?

    Thanks @colmcille for the reply. It does help validate what I'm seeing. I didn't know about the rain the the 1/120th so that's great to know. A couple of questions if you have the time: Do you have a suggestion on a camera that might give me better results based on your experience? (I do need...
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    Sanity Check - Better cameras, IR Illuminators or tweak Blue Iris?

    Hi, I wanted to give an update. I had some time to put in a light above the garage door (about 10 feet up vs the 25 that the other light was. It took me a couple of days as I had to run a new circuit. Here are two updated videos. One is at an Exposure Time of 1/60 and the other is at 1/120...
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    Sanity Check - Better cameras, IR Illuminators or tweak Blue Iris?

    I saw the post about the Dahua's but I don't remember seeing Hikvision low lights. I'll have to look and see if I can find them. Do you know off hand where SmartIR is or what it's called in the Hikvision? I can't seem to find it. Thanks. So would an IR Illuminator provide the needed light...
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    Sanity Check - Better cameras, IR Illuminators or tweak Blue Iris?

    Well, I've had some cameras up for a while but I've mostly used them just to see what's going on in front of the house from my office. I woke up this morning and saw that someone had broken into my car in the driveway. I thought I at least would have some good video. Well, in my opinion, the...
    • JoshFink
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    • blue iris hikvision illuminator low light night quality recommendation
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    • Forum: IP Cameras
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    Comcast "SmartOffice" cameras and NVR

    I told them I wasn't interested in discussing it any more. They have very little answers and it's not worth the hassle. I'll look to put together a system myself for this.
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    Comcast "SmartOffice" cameras and NVR

    I'm not sure if that's their plan. It sounded like from talking with him that he just wants to send over a contract and take my word on what I need. We'll see. I'm curious as well.
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    Comcast "SmartOffice" cameras and NVR

    At $40 a month per camera it's out of the question for us as it's not a good value. He also has not confirmed which camera. My take on this is that he really doesn't know the answers to these things and every time I ask a question he's calling around asking others for the answers.
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    Comcast "SmartOffice" cameras and NVR

    Baja, thanks for all the information on this it's very much appreciated. I have sent an email back over to the sales rep from Comcast to get further clarification but according to him, so far: The $40 monthly fee covers ALL cameras. So if I have 8, it's still only $40. The $99 camera was the...
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    Comcast "SmartOffice" cameras and NVR

    That's a good point. I honestly have no desire for wireless cams. I'll check out the Hikvision NVR reviews and see how they are That's a good point. As for the NVR's, I don't really have much experience with them as, like I mentioned, I'm using BlueIris at home. Do they allow for movies to...
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    Comcast "SmartOffice" cameras and NVR

    Thanks Randy, The $40 a month is within the budget. My problem is really the potential for the cameras to be junk and well 720p ehhh... Installation is included for free which would save me a ton of work running everything. I also have the concern that the rest of the HOA board is pretty...
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    Comcast "SmartOffice" cameras and NVR

    My HOA is currently looking into installing cameras at various locations on the property. Out of the lone reason as not wanting to be the single point of contact for installing and maintaining these as I have a regular day job I wanted to see if anyone had experience with the new Comcast...
    • JoshFink
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    • camera comcast security smartoffice
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    • Forum: IP Cameras
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    I made a better remote-live-view page [OLD]

    Thanks. I'll need to play around with it. Question for you, if you know off hand, is it possible when using groups to have one camera that dominates the screen and then a smaller screen off to the side? Thanks
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    I made a better remote-live-view page [OLD]

    I love the improved remote live view. It's actually the reason that I decided to go ahead and purchase Blue Iris. Thank you!! One question I have. I'm trying to figure out a way that I can do picture in picture. Essentially I have a front of the house view where I want the front do to be a...
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